Music Saturday: Cats on Trees

Every week again... we're presenting another album of bands or singers we currently love. This week: Cats on Trees - Cats on Trees

Canada

In March I went to canada backpacking through the east for a month with a very good friend of mine. We started our journey in Montreal, went to Quebec City, Saint John (New Brunswick), Halifax, Gaspé, Ottawa, Toronto and finished in Montreal again. Here is a compilation of my most precious moments:

New favorite brand - & Other Stories

NEW STORE IN TOWN!
Last month, the Swedish fashion brand & Other Stories opened their first store in Belgium. The shop is located right in the cosy shopping centre in Antwerp. I've known the brand for some time since my holiday in Copenhagen, but yesterday I could finely show the store to Julia when she came to visit me in Antwerp. Her reaction? "Oh wow, this is definitely my new favorite fashion brand"! :)

5 things

Everyone should do this: make sure you get 5 pictures every week of things you did just for yourself, things you like, just to enjoy your life. It also helps to remind yourself how beautiful life is and what things you can do, whether for yourself, your friends or others. Just try it!
(This time all the photos were taken with a phone, so sorry for the quality)
 

Enjoying the warm evenings outside with some lovely friends!

Dreamhouse - Johanne Bueholm

Today I want to show you the charming apartment of Johanne Bueholm and her boyfriend in Aalborg (DK). If you like her style as much as I do, you should definitely check her other pictures at her instagram account: hunting doves. Enjoy!

© Huntingdoves

Blueberry lemonade

When life gives you blueberries... make blueberry lemonade!

This is a very easy recipe to make your own blueberry lemonade. It takes only 20 minutes to prepare and it's much healthier and, in my opinion, tastes better than the soft drinks you buy in the stores. Perfect refreshment on a hot day or you can always add some vodka to make your own delicious cocktail! ;-)

Music Saturday - Mø

Wow, it has been a very long time since I've presented the last CD to you. My apologies! I just had such a busy schedule over the past few weeks and time really flew by! It's rather scary: only 3 weeks left and my exam period starts again which means the school year is almost over. And I still have the feeling everything has just begun...

Since it has been so long, I'm presenting to you one of my currently favorite albums: Mø - No Mythologies to Follow.

Quinoa - Superfood

Quinoa became very popular over the past few months, which is very understandable, given it's so delicious, contains exceptionally high nutritional value, vitamins and minerals, it is extremely easy to prepare and versatile in use.

Last week, I made this delicious quinoa salad - Just cook the quinoa for about 5 minutes in water, add tomatoes, olives, cucumber, avocado, bell pepper, some lemon juice, cumin, black pepper and fresh cilantro and you get a delicious, healthy meal!

Jogging - A little inspiration

I just picked up jogging again and although it's not going too well (5km is not that great :/) I do love being outside just powering through a workout! And the feeling you get afterwards? You feel great! You feel as if you could enter in a Victoria's Secret runway show! Okay not really but you can at least eat a donut guilt free ;)
So here is some inspiration for going outside and run. Whether you can run 5km, 10km or even a complete marathon, the most important thing is having fun!

5 things

Everyone should do this: make sure you get 5 pictures every week of things you did just for yourself, things you like, just to enjoy your life. It also helps to remind yourself how beautiful life is and what things you can do, whether for yourself, your friends or others. Just try it!

There's no better way to start the day than an early morning run!

Tagliatelle with fennel and rucola

A super fast, delicious and fresh pasta dish with fennel, black olives, rucola, a mild sauce and some parmesan as a finishing touch. This is definitely something everybody can make!

Music Saturday - Milky Chance

Every week again... we're presenting another album of bands or singers we currently love. This week: Milky chance - Sadnecessary.

Detox Water

When you're trying to get your health back on track, there are many ways to detox your way to feeling better. The best way to flush out toxins, however, is simple: lots and lots of water. Drinking water all by itself is a way to help flush the body of toxins on a daily basis, but with a few simple ingredients you can transform water into detox water and get even more benefit from it. This is something you can do each day, or as part of a more broad detoxing strategy. 

As you can read below, there are many benefits of detox water. I'll also give you some of my favorite recipes!

Lemon + Lime

The Killing - Danish TV series

If you know me just a little, you'll know I'm a huge fan of Scandinavian stuff: music, clothes, design, architecture, the language, films and from the moment I've watched the first episode of "The Killing" also their TV series. Forbrydelsen tells the story of Sarah Lund, a Copenhagen based police detective investigating difficult cases with personal and political consequences. 

Music Saturday - Arsenal

Every week again... we're presenting another album of bands or singers we currently love. This week: Arsenal - Lotuk. 

Exploring music preferences

One of the challenges faced by a music streaming service is to figure out what music to play for the brand-new listener.  The first listening experience of a new listener can be critical to gaining that listener as a long time subscriber. For most music services, there’s a short user enrollment process that gets some basic info from the listener including their email address and some basic demographic information. Included in this information is the date of birth and the gender of the listener. Perhaps we can use basic demographic data to generate a slightly more refined set of artists.
In this post we give you some interesting results they got from these questions. Is there a difference between women and men, age or the city where people live?

Question of style: a story of pallets

Pallets are a constant source of inspiration, you meet them in all interiors without it seems now incongruous, quite the contrary they provide the  plus element, both Recycling and smart in a modern interior. Made of spruce or pine, they require no treatment if you keep them inside, those in pine can also be installed outdoors as they are naturally rot. You doubt it? So some pictures to inspire you.

© Boligpluss

5 things

Everyone should do this: make sure you get 5 pictures every week of things you did just for yourself, things you like, just to enjoy your life. It also helps to remind yourself how beautiful life is and what things you can do, whether for yourself, your friends or others. Just try it!

We hadn't seen each other since November, but this week Julia came to Leuven (Belgium) for a few days. We had such an incredible time together, it was pretty hard to say goodbye yesterday! It was just so much fun to spend some time here together, just like last year! 

Night out with the best girls!

Music Saturday - Youth Lagoon

Every week again... we're presenting another album of bands or singers we currently love. This week: Youth Lagoon - The year of hibernation. 

Vegetarian Raw Lasagna

Eating raw is a great way to boost your energy level and stay looking and feeling young and healthy. Research has shown that when food is heated above 42 degrees it starts to lose its nutritional value, natural enzymes start to be destroyed in the process. When I was in Copenhagen, it was very clear from the start people attach a lot of attention at healthy food, which you can see in their many "raw food restaurants". One of my favorite ones is 42° Raw. One of their most famous dishes is a vegetarian lasagna with lots of fresh vegetables and nuts. Last weekend I surprised my family by making this recipe myself. It takes quite some time to make it, but you can easily prepare some extra sauce which you can preserve in the freezer for the next time. It's definitely worth trying this one!